2 Kings 13
13:1In the twentieth and third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria seventeen years.
13:2And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, and went after the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin. He did not abstain from them.
13:3And the lord was provoked in anger to rage against Israel. And he gave them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and in the hand of the son of Hadad, son of Hazael all the days.
13:4And Jehoahaz beseeched the face of the lord, and the lord heeded him. For he beheld the affliction of Israel, because the king of Syria afflicted them.
13:5And the lord gave deliverance to Israel, and Israel came forth from beneath the hand of Syria. And the sons of Israel sat in their tents as yesterday and the third day before.
13:6Only they did not abstain from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel into sin; they went by them. And indeed the sacred grove was established in Samaria.
13:7For there was not left behind to Jehoahaz a people, but only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Syria destroyed them, and he appointed them as dust for trampling.
13:8And the rest of the words of Jehoahaz, and all as much as he did, and his dominations, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
13:9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they entombed him in Samaria. And Joash his son reigned instead of him.
13:10In the thirtieth and seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Joash son of Jehoahaz reigned over Israel in Samaria sixteen years.
13:11And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord. He did not abstain from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin -- he went by them.
13:12And the rest of the words of Joash and all as much as he did, and his dominations which he did with Amaziah king of Judah, have these not been written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
13:13And Joash slept with his fathers. And Jeroboam sat upon his throne. And Joash was entombed in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
13:14And Elisha became ill with his illness of which he died. And Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept upon his face, and said, O father, O father, the chariot of Israel and his horseman.
13:15And Elisha said to him, Take a bow and arrows. And he took to himself a bow and arrows.
13:16And he said to the king of Israel, Set your hand upon the bow! And he set his hand. And Elisha placed his hands upon the hands of the king.
13:17And he said, Open the window according to the east! And he opened. And Elisha said, Shoot! And he shot. And he said, The arrow of deliverance of the lord, and the arrow of deliverance in Syria. And you shall strike Syria in Aphek until completion.
13:18And Elisha said to him, Take arrows! And he took. And he said to the king of Israel, Strike against the ground! And he struck three times and stopped.
13:19And the man of God fretted over him, and he said, If you struck five times or six times, then you would have struck the Syrian until completion. And now three times you shall strike Syria.
13:20And Elisha died, and they entombed him. And armed bands of Moab came in the land at the coming of the year.
13:21And it came to pass as they were entombing the man, that behold, they beheld the armed band, and they tossed the man in the burying-place of Elisha, and it went and touched the bones of Elisha. And he came alive, and rose upon his feet.
13:22And Hazael king of Syria squeezed against Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
13:23And the lord showed mercy on them, and pitied them, and looked upon them on account of his covenant, the one with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And the lord did not want to utterly destroy them, and he did not throw them from his face until now.
13:24And Hazael king of Syria died, and the son of Hadad his son reigned instead of him.
13:25And Joash son of Jehoahaz returned and took the city from out of the hand of the son of Hadad, son of Hazael, the ones who took it from out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father in the war. Three times Joash struck him, and he returned the cities of Israel.